Saleem, A.; Kim, M.-H. CFD Analysis on the Air-Side Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Multi-Louvered Fin Heat Exchangers at Low Reynolds Numbers. Energies2017, 10, 823.
Saleem, A.; Kim, M.-H. CFD Analysis on the Air-Side Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Multi-Louvered Fin Heat Exchangers at Low Reynolds Numbers. Energies 2017, 10, 823.
Saleem, A.; Kim, M.-H. CFD Analysis on the Air-Side Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Multi-Louvered Fin Heat Exchangers at Low Reynolds Numbers. Energies2017, 10, 823.
Saleem, A.; Kim, M.-H. CFD Analysis on the Air-Side Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Multi-Louvered Fin Heat Exchangers at Low Reynolds Numbers. Energies 2017, 10, 823.
Abstract
The air side thermal hydraulic performance of multi-louvered aluminium fin heat exchangers is investigated. A detailed study was performed to analyse the thermal performance of air over a wide range of Reynolds number i.e. from 30 to 250. Air-side heat transfer coefficient and air pressure drop were calculated and validated over the mentioned band of Reynolds numbers. Critical Reynolds number was determined numerically and the variation in flow physics along with the thermal and hydraulic performance of microchannel heat exchanger associated with R_cri has been reported. Moreover, a parametric study of the multi-louvered aluminium fin heat exchangers was also performed for 36 heat exchanger configurations with the louver angles (19-31°), fin pitches (1.0, 1.2, 1.4 mm) and flow depths (16, 20, 24 mm); and the geometric configuration exhibiting the highest thermal performance was reported. The air-side heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop results for different geometrical configurations were presented in terms of Colburn j factor and Fanning friction factor f, as a function of Reynolds number based on louver pitch.
Keywords
compact heat exchanger; louvered fins; heat transfer coefficient; friction factor
Subject
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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